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The Northwoods League is a collegiate summer baseball league in the upper midwest made up of 20 teams and, as of this season, one craft beer. The league, whose alumni include Max Scherzer, Ben Zobrist, and Curtis Granderson, features teams like the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, Rochester Honkers, and Mankato Moondogs, to name a
This morning, via the European Union Intellectual Property Office, an official trademark for the San Antonio Spurs new secondary logo has been listed. Below is the black-and-white version of the logo that has been trademarked: Using that as a guide (and some other sources at my disposal), here is the full, colored version of
The Milwaukee Bucks are turning 50 years old next season, and they’ll do so with a special commemorative logo. Posted this morning to their official social media accounts, the Bucks 50th anniversary logo features their new deer head logo (fear it!) inside a green and cream circle, a large “50” in
Back on Memorial Day, what was lost in the shuffle of a controversial (and petty) brawl between Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland and Nationals superstar Bryce Harper was the fact that both teams were wearing camo’d-up uniforms for the occasion of Memorial Day. As such, all of the game-worn Giants jerseys
The Milwaukee Bucks have announced this morning that their new NBA D-League team will be known as the Wisconsin Herd. The Herd will play out of Oshkosh, a city of 65-thousand people located about 80 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The Herd name is a reflection of the Bucks brand, while the usage of Wisconsin
We’ve entered an Inception-style meta world in which minor league baseball teams are creating promotional jerseys based on their own alternate identities for special events. The Fresno Grizzlies will go several layers deep into the shared dream world of minor league promotions on the Fourth of July, which just happens to
The Toledo Mud Hens, Triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, will wear one of the best promotional jerseys minor league baseball has seen in a long time later this summer. June 30 through July 3, the Mud Hens will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1992 US Olympic basketball team featuring
The year 1997 saw the movies Titanic and Men in Black take Hollywood by storm. The TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Teletubbies, and South Park premiered. Hanson was singing MMM Bop, the Back Street Boys were making their United States debut, and the first Harry Potter book was published. And
Continuing a tradition which began last season, Major League Baseball players will be wearing “Play Ball” patches on the front of their jerseys in game, in addition to special t-shirts for batting practice this weekend. The patches are worn as part of a promotion of youth participation in both baseball and softball. You’ll note in the
The Memphis Grizzlies today announced that their NBA D-League (note: next year it’s being re-named the “G-League”) affiliate will be known as the Memphis Hustle. The Hustle will actually play in Mississippi in the city of Southaven, a suburb immediately to the south of Memphis. “Hustle”, a very unique name for
After what feels like weeks without basketball, the NBA Finals are set to tip off tonight as the Cavaliers and Warriors will square off for the title the third straight season. Meanwhile in golf, the Memorial Tournament is also getting underway this week, and Ohio resident Jason Day is not
The Daytona Tortugas, High-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, will honor the late Craig Sager and help fight cancer with “Sager Strong” jerseys July 21. Sager, a respected and much-liked sports journalist who began his career in Florida, died last December of leukemia. Sager was well known not only for
